Phabricator is a collection of web applications that help software companies build better software. Installing Phabricator on Manjaro is a straightforward process, but it requires some technical knowledge. This guide will walk you through the steps involved in getting Phabricator up and running on your Manjaro system.
Open up your terminal window and run the following command to install required packages:
sudo pacman -S php php-fpm php-cgi php-gd php-intl php-json php-mbstring php-openssl php-pcntl php-pdo php-phar php-readline php-session php-ssh2 php-xml php-zip git
This command installs the required PHP packages and Git.
To run Phabricator, you need to have a web server installed on your system. You can choose between Apache and Nginx.
To install Apache, run the following command:
sudo pacman -S apache
After installation, start Apache and enable it to start at boot:
sudo systemctl start httpd.service
sudo systemctl enable httpd.service
To install Nginx, run the following command:
sudo pacman -S nginx
After installation, start Nginx and enable it to start at boot:
sudo systemctl start nginx.service
sudo systemctl enable nginx.service
Phabricator requires a MySQL/MariaDB database. To install MySQL/MariaDB, run the following command:
sudo pacman -S mariadb
After installation, start MariaDB and enable it to start at boot:
sudo systemctl start mariadb.service
sudo systemctl enable mariadb.service
After the installation, you need to configure MariaDB:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
This command will ask you to set up a root password, remove anonymous users, disallow root login remotely, and remove the test database.
Next, you need to configure PHP:
sudo nano /etc/php/php.ini
Set the following values:
memory_limit = 256M
max_execution_time = 120
date.timezone = your_timezone
Save and close the file.
Clone the Phabricator repository:
cd /var/www/html/
sudo git clone https://github.com/phacility/phabricator.git
Change owner of phabricator directory and its subdirectories:
sudo chown -R http http
Create a new MySQL database for Phabricator:
mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE phabricator;
GRANT ALL on phabricator.* to 'phabricator'@'localhost' identified by 'your_password';
exit;
Now, copy the configuration template into the configuration file that Phabricator will use:
cd phabricator/
sudo cp conf/local/local.json.sample conf/local/local.json
sudo chmod 664 conf/local/local.json
Open the configuration file for editing:
sudo nano conf/local/local.json
Set the following values:
{
"mysql.user": "phabricator",
"mysql.pass": "your_password",
"mysql.host": "localhost",
"user": "http",
"phabricator.base-uri": "http://your-domain.com/",
"environment.append-paths": [
"/usr/lib/php",
"/usr/share/webapps/phabricator"
]
}
Save and exit the file.
Arcanist is a command line tool that provides some additional functionality for Phabricator. To install Arcanist, run the following command:
sudo git clone https://github.com/phacility/arcanist.git /usr/share/git/phabricator/arcanist
Add the following line to your .bashrc file:
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/share/git/phabricator/arcanist/bin/
Save and exit the file.
Restart the web server and PHP-FPM:
sudo systemctl restart httpd.service
sudo systemctl restart php-fpm.service
You can now access Phabricator by visiting http://your-domain.com/ in your web browser. You will be prompted to create a new Phabricator administrator account.
In this tutorial, you've learned how to install Phabricator on Manjaro. Phabricator is a modern and free software suite for managing software development projects. It offers a range of powerful tools for code review, repository management, and project management.
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